CAFTA: Lawmakers Shouldn't Be Fooled By the Offers

The Wall Street Journal reports that "as the House moves toward a vote this week on President Bush's Central American trade pact, the White House is trying to cut deals to shore up support." Specifically, "an administration team scouring the House for votes has been showing more willingness to entertain lawmakers' requests for special breaks." Those special gifts can often sound too good to be true - and usually, they are. Read this report to see how administrations regularly promise wavering lawmakers the moon, and then fail to deliver once the corporate-written trade deal has been signed.

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